Nature Strip books overseas trip with TJ Smith history

Nature Strip books overseas trip with TJ Smith history

Australia’s best sprinter joined Chautauqua as a winner of three straight TJ Smith Stakes. Now Chris Waller will try to win his first Royal Ascot race in front of his highest-profile owner.

  • byAdam Pengilly andChris Roots

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‘He deserves a grand final win’:Pride’s TJ dream with Eduardo

‘He deserves a grand final win’:Pride’s TJ dream with Eduardo

Despite having an enviable head-to-head record against the world’s best sprinter Nature Strip,Eduardo has one more box to tick according to his trainer.

  • byAdam Pengilly
September Run bounces back to land group 1 William Reid for Waller

September Run bounces back to land group 1 William Reid for Waller

Chris Waller and Craig Williams teamed up to land the group 1 William Reid Stakes with September Run,who burst the Marabi bubble.

  • byMichael Lynch
‘We’ll follow Hughie’:Tactics revealed for Newmarket Handicap

‘We’ll follow Hughie’:Tactics revealed for Newmarket Handicap

A game of cat and mouse will play out in Saturday’s time-honoured Newmarket Handicap,if Kembla Grange trainer Luke Price’s race-winning plan for Count De Rupee goes to script.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Bob Lapointe’s iconic Muskoka Farm up for sale for $25 million
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Bob Lapointe’s iconic Muskoka Farm up for sale for $25 million

One of the most pre-eminent properties in Australian racing has come to market,with facilities used by the likes of top trainers Gai Waterhouse,Chris Waller and Peter Snowden.

  • byLucy Macken
Waller more nervous about royal silks than Randwick group 1s

Waller more nervous about royal silks than Randwick group 1s

The prestige of racing the Queen’s horse has Chris Waller excited about a support race at Randwick as he looks to add another couple of group 1s to his record.

  • byChris Roots
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Sydney jockeys request unvaccinated Willie Pike be given own room before NSW switch

Sydney jockeys request unvaccinated Willie Pike be given own room before NSW switch

One of the best riders in the country will begin the next phase of his career in NSW this week after leaving Perth over the state’s vaccine mandate on racecourses.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Jamaea’s camp want Light Fingers scrap with unbeaten Espiona

Jamaea’s camp want Light Fingers scrap with unbeaten Espiona

Co-trainer Luke Price will wake up on Saturday morning hoping to see a match race between the boom horse of the Australian turf and his filly.

  • byAdam Pengilly
‘She looks like she has x-factor’:But Waller’s Winx lesson front of mind with Espiona

‘She looks like she has x-factor’:But Waller’s Winx lesson front of mind with Espiona

Australia’s premier trainer reckons Winx only ‘lost her way’ once in her career. It was in the exact two races Espiona,the new darling of Australian punters,is about to tackle.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Star struck? Popular Waller pair no certainty for $5m Mile

Star struck? Popular Waller pair no certainty for $5m Mile

Champion trainer Chris Waller says he can’t commit to the All-Star Mile with either of Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant or boom filly Espiona.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
After 43 straight Sydney runners without a winner,Waller’s machine cranks up again

After 43 straight Sydney runners without a winner,Waller’s machine cranks up again

Australia’s most dominant trainer had a mid-summer run he would like to forget after a spring to remember,but he hit back with a vengeance. But James McDonald had a day of outs.

  • byAdam Pengilly